He decided to go for broke and bet all his money.
go for broke
idiomTo try everything possible or do every last thing possible in a final attempt.
Origin
first recorded 20th c.From Hawaiian Pidgin craps slang, meaning “to wager everything on one roll”: one would be broke, i.e. bankrupt, if one lost. Popularized by the movie Go for Broke! (1951), which is named for the 442nd Infantry Regiment’s unit motto.
With only one minute left in the game, the team decided to go for broke and attack with every player.
After years of careful saving, she chose to go for broke by investing her entire life savings into her new startup company.
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all dressed up and nowhere to go
Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.
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all systems go
Everything is ready.
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as you go
While one is doing (something); as one progresses.
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boldly go where no man has gone before
To break new ground.
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coals and coke
[Cockney slang]broke
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come and go
To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.
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don't go there
Do not broach that topic.
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easy come, easy go
Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)